PM decided aloneLawrence Gonzi took a solitary decision to heal a long-standing rift in the Nationalist Party by publicly exonerating former John Dalli of any allegations pertaining to his resignation three years ago, after secret meetings between the prime minister and Dalli – meetings which were unknown to most senior Cabinet ministers and senior aides at the OPM...

Malta snubs Great Britain The Maltese government has left Britain out in the cold on the diplomatic front in the wake of the secretive backdoor dealings it believes to have led in the last-minute shift of the vote to India in last week’s election of Commonwealth Secretary General...

54% want change The Nationalist Party faces an uphill struggle convincing the electorate that its time is not up. Not only does Labour now enjoy a 3% lead over the PN, but 54.3% of respondents think that the country needs a change of government...

On being informed by the acting Auditor-General, three years after he was commissioned to investigate government procurement of air tickets, that the allegations against John Dalli tunred out to be false; and on being informed by the auditor that he could not, as acting auditor, sign or publish the completed report, the Prime Minister was faced with a political dilemma... Editorial >

Don’t look back in angerIt takes the experience of a former empire that created the world’s most brutal dictators to shift a vote on the Commonwealth for its secretary general. Foreign Minister MICHAEL FRENDO knows there were way too many backdoor dealings to keep up with his Indian contender for the post, despite Britain’s pretence of neutralityInterview >

All is forgiven, John…Lawrence Gonzi publicly rehabilitated his former leadership rival and minister John Dalli with a token advisor’s post ahead of the coming elections. Was this Gonzi’s way of giving Dalli back his political legitimacy and close the chapter on the messiest affair he’s faced since becoming party leader? Matthew Vella reports >